St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
THE FISHERIES QUESTION.
10 Chamberlain Coming to Amer
lea to Settle 1t.

lea to Settle 1t.
LONDON, Aug. 31.-Mr. Joseph Cham
herlain expects to go to America at the
close OF the present session of parlia-
ment and has decided to abandon his
proposed visit to Ulster.
The News, commenting on the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Chamberlain as a
member of the fisheries commission,
says:
The appointment of the commission is an
important fact, but that of the commissioner
eclipseS it in interest. That the government
safe calculation. 1t was obviously desirable
to have him out of their way. We congratu-
late him and the country and felicitate him
upon his clever escape from the tolls of the
tories.
The Telegraph says that Mr.. Cham
berlain'S board of trade experience will
prove valuable to him in his capacity as
member of the board of control of fish
cries, and that he is pre-eminently the
man to unravel the technicalities of the
matter and devise reasonable settle
ment of the fisheries question, if such a
thing is possible. The Standard saws
that the fisheries commission is to in
clude member of the Canadian govern
ment. 1t is stated that Mr.. Chamberlain
will be accompanied on his visit to
America by the earl of Dunraven and
Mr.. Powell, M. P: Mr.. Jesse Ceilings,
Nj. p, will also join the party, but will
make the visit unofficially. 1t is the
opinion here that Sir John Macdonald
will be asked to represent Canada on
the fisheries commission. Sir Lionel
Sackville West, minister at Washing
ton, will also join the commission. The
statement that the earl of Dunraven
and Mr.. Powell would go to America as
members of the commission was errone-
Gus. Mr.. Chamberlain intends to de-
part for America at an early day.
THE WASHINGTON END.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-The depart
ment of state has not yet been officially
advised of Mr.. Chamberlain's appoint
ment as president of the royal commits
sion charged with the duty of effecting
a settlement of the questions at issue
between the United States and Great
Britain concerning the fisheries. While
this government has notye selected the
persons who will be entrusted with the
conduct of the negotiations in it's inter-
est, yet little difficulty is expected to be
met in finding men whose breadth of
view and legal acumen will ensure a
proper presentation of the interests of
the United States and an agreement
HONORABLE III TERMS anu SATISFACTORY to
the whole country. Secretary Bayard
will make it point that on the ques-
lions at Issue, our representatives shall
present an undivided front. He be-
IieveS that there can be no doubt as to
the power of the president to appoint
the American commissioners, as he
is constitutionally authorized to
initiate negotiations and make treaties
with foreign countries, subject to the
ratification of the senate. The exact
functions of the commission have not
been defined. Generally it will con-
slider all the questions now at issue be-
tween the United States and Canada
arising from the conflicting claims of
the two countries respecting the fish
cries, but whether the result of the ne
gotiatiOns, if successful, will be a new
treaty or an amicable agreement under
the treaty now operative cannot at pres
ent be predicted. The negotiations
with Great Britain have, however, now
reached such phase that Secretary
Bayard is encouraged in the belief that
final adjustment of the questions
which have vexed the two nations since
the expiration of the treaty of
Washington is near at hand.